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<blockquote data-quote="Starsunder" data-source="post: 4931714" data-attributes="member: 81492">I have the Pathfinder prefix selected, because that's the rules set im using, but actually what im referencing here is from the 3ed MM. With that out of the way...&nbsp;How do you handle creature sizes? What I mean by that is, under creature advancement, it gives HD maximums, and size increases at certain intervals. Typically, in the creatures fluff, the base size will be given; im going to use the balor here because im working on one for my current campaign (see the Question about Sigils inhabitants thread for more details). &nbsp;Now, the MM says that balors are about 12ft. tall&nbsp; on average, with 20 HD as a base. Once they reach 31 HD, their size increases to huge. They can have up to 60 HD. My balor is going to have 52 HD. Im looking at making him 35ft tall, as I want him to be extremely physically imposing. &nbsp;Now, here is where the questions start to appear. The monster manual doesent give a upper height limit for monsters. At the back of the book, there is a size chart, and the size huge maxes out at 32ft. However, several monsters in the book break that rule. But by the same token, just because the size huge maxes out at 32ft doesent mean that a monster that can advance to huge has to; huge starts at 16ft, so there is a lot of wiggle room there. &nbsp;So, thats my question. How do you determine size of advanced monsters?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Starsunder, post: 4931714, member: 81492"] I have the Pathfinder prefix selected, because that's the rules set im using, but actually what im referencing here is from the 3ed MM. With that out of the way... How do you handle creature sizes? What I mean by that is, under creature advancement, it gives HD maximums, and size increases at certain intervals. Typically, in the creatures fluff, the base size will be given; im going to use the balor here because im working on one for my current campaign (see the Question about Sigils inhabitants thread for more details). Now, the MM says that balors are about 12ft. tall on average, with 20 HD as a base. Once they reach 31 HD, their size increases to huge. They can have up to 60 HD. My balor is going to have 52 HD. Im looking at making him 35ft tall, as I want him to be extremely physically imposing. Now, here is where the questions start to appear. The monster manual doesent give a upper height limit for monsters. At the back of the book, there is a size chart, and the size huge maxes out at 32ft. However, several monsters in the book break that rule. But by the same token, just because the size huge maxes out at 32ft doesent mean that a monster that can advance to huge has to; huge starts at 16ft, so there is a lot of wiggle room there. So, thats my question. How do you determine size of advanced monsters? [/QUOTE]

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